A lawsuit filed by Right to Life of Michigan and the Pregnancy Resource Center in Grand Rapids against Attorney General Dana Nessel, along with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and members of the Civil Rights Commission, continues to develop in court as the deadline for Nessel and the other defendants to respond has been extended to the end of March.
The lawsuit, which alleges that Michigan’s employment law violates the First Amendment protections of the two plaintiff organizations by requiring them to recruit and hire candidates with beliefs on abortion that do not align with the groups, as well as requiring them to cover abortion care in employee pregnancy benefits plans, was filed on Feb. 6 in federal district court.
Right to Life of Michigan and the Pregnancy Resource Center, or PRC, argue that, by continuing to require that their employees agree with their respective anti-abortion messages, they are currently in violation of Michigan’s employment law, putting them at risk of losing licenses or paying fines that they should not be at risk for.
“The First Amendment protects Right to Life’s and PRC’s First Amendment freedoms to join with others to further a common cause and to refrain from participating in activities that contradict their beliefs. Michigan’s law infringes on these bedrock freedoms,” the court filing reads.
The groups filed for a preliminary injunction to prevent any enforcement of those employment laws against the two...
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